GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Sea trade routes to Russia are difficult because ____
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it has no coastline
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many of its ports are frozen for part of the year
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it doesn’t have any ships for trading
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it has nothing to offer other nations in trade
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It allows delivering cargoes from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region much faster than by traditional routes through the Suez Canal or the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The duration of the navigation is 2-4 months, in some areas-longer because of russian icebreaking fleet, which is the largest in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -But due to the political crisis created by the Turkish empire, the land route connecting India to the European countries was closed. At the same time, Indian resources were in great demand in European countries. These factors pushed the Europeans to discover a new sea route to India.
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